Three Feet High & Rising [Deluxe Edition] (CD)

De La Soul

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Amoeba Review

BillyJam 05/26/2014

Like the Beasties' Paul's Boutique De La Soul's 3 Feet High & Rising is another sample happy masterpiece production (and one that consequently landed the artists and label in legal issues). When the young Long Island trio's debut album was unleashed on the rap world in 1989 it was totally unlike anything else out there up to that point. It blew people’s minds with its pioneering quirky yet accessible approach to the genre, opening it up to whole new possibilities. A fun, joke and skit-filled, sample-fueled, one-hour plus, 24-song, five star release with head-nodding, timeless tracks like “Say No Go,” “Ghetto Thing,” “Buddy,” and “Me, Myself, and I.” While De La's emcees Posdnous, Trugoy The Dove, and Maseo (Plugs One, Two, & Three), were definitely masters at their craft, much of the credit goes to “Plug Four” (as he was also known), their producer Prince Paul - then of Stetsasonic fame. It was his backdrop of diverse sounds and samples that created a melange of ever shifting moods and paces for the young trio to play off of. An amazing rich tapestry of sounds. Five star LP!